Table of Contents for Living Temples:
1. A Dream Come True
2. The Beginning
3. The Surprise (or Surprize)


Chapter 4: My Favorite Parable – The Sower

From Cuernavaca I went back to New Zealand for my first break (known as “furlow”). During this time Anna Lee’s husband passed away (director of Bread for Children) and I was asked if I would consider returning to the head office in Florida to help out there for a time (rather than returning to Mexico).

There I had the opportunity to gain more experience working closely with the printshop, and doing the layout of the English magazine (Bread for Children).

Part of my job description was help with the proof reading but there is such a conflict between the written British English and American English, that I gave that one up and told them to just give me the copy once it was “correct”.

In my spare moments I began “playing” with some ideas for sketches and came up with a series illustrating my favorite parable – The Sower (Mark 4:1-20).

This set of cartoons has been used many times over the years in different settings. I later did the parable of the Good Smaritan which is also easily broken into just four sketches.

The fifth edition of Living Temples includes this set of cartoons where & it was when I was preparing this booklet that I added four “interpretation” cartoons.

Here are the sketches of the Parable of the Sower:

Some seed fell on the hard ground.		Some seed fell on the stony ground
Some seed fell on the thorny ground		Some seed fell on the good stony ground

Look out for the next chapter which will contain the cartooned interpretations of the parable of the sower.


Chapter 5 The Key To All Parables

You will also enjoy reading:

• The Surprise or Surprize as we Spell it in New Zealand
• The Beginning
• The Vision Grows